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The term “trip hop” turns 30 this month – but what does it mean exactly? 30 years ago Mixmag writer Andy Pemberton wrote an article on the growing phenomenon of hiphop-influenced dance music mushrooming up from the global underground. The original criteria of this new sound or style was that it was slow and (mostly) … Read more
Dreamscape 4 – Proof Of The Pudding – LTJ Bukem & DJ Phantasy – 1992 Dreamscape 4 (Proof Of The Pudding) is a live recording from the 1992 Dreamscape 4 rave held at The Sanctuary in Milton Keys. For the purposes of this review, I’ll be listening back to the original tape version which features … Read more
Windowlicker EP – Aphex Twin – Released 22nd March 1999, Warp Records The Windowlicker EP is a three-track release from Richard D. James under his main Aphex Twin alias. It was released on Warp Records in March of 1999 and enjoyed considerable chart success at the time. Much like its predecessor EP, 1997’s Come To … Read more
Selected Ambient Works Volume II – Aphex Twin – Released 7th March 1994, Warp Records Selected Ambient Words Volume II (SAW II) is Richard D James’ second album on Warp Records and his first Warp release under the alias Aphex Twin. (The album was distributed in the US and Canada on Sire.) It was intended … Read more